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African Young Water Professionals Forum – 6th edition: continuing the commitment to empower tomorrow’s Leaders in Sustainable Water and Agriculture
The 6th African Young Water Professionals Forum by GWP-Med, the International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and partners organised under the platform of the 6th Cairo Water Week highlighted the urgent need to integrate a gender lens into all initiatives on water, climate and development, for sustainable investments.
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SDG 6.5.1 review in Lebanon assesses IWRM status and next steps including gender equality considerations and inclusive participation
More than 50 stakeholders representing public institutions, NGOs, international organisations to name but a few participated at the SDG 6.5.1 review process in Lebanon, which has just been concluded with the assistance of GWP-Med.
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Educating future citizens of Crete on sustainable water practices through Zero Drop’s “snakes and ladders” game
A specially designed “snakes and ladders” water conservation game developed within GWP-Med’s Zero Drop program, funded by The Coca Cola Foundation, reaches all schoolchildren in Heraklion, Crete.
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New Zero Drop program implements innovative water recycling solution in Tanagra, Greece
GWP-Med and Coca-Cola in Greece launch new water resources protection program “Zero Drop” in the Municipality of Tanagra, Greece, with the support of The Coca-Cola Foundation
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GWP-Med’s Zero Drop Heraklion program makes waves on national Greek television
Zero Drop Heraklion, the result of a long-standing collaboration between GWP-Med and Coca-Cola, funded by The Coca-Cola Foundation, features as a best-practice solution for promoting agricultural water management practices in the Mediterranean, in a new TV documentary.
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Sister projects Horizon2020 REXUS and LENSES PRIMA move forward to mainstream Nexus tools in practice
At the 5th Joint Plenary of Horizon 2020 REXUS and LENSES PRIMA in Larisa, Greece GWP-Med leader of Communication and Dissemination Work Package organised interviews with major national and key local media featuring the project's innovative methods and tools under development.
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1st Regional Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus Roundtable in the Mediterranean: Stakeholders commit to swift and coordinated action
Representatives of national authorities, stakeholders and regional institutions from the Mediterranean acknowledged the need for a Strategic Framework for the WEFE Nexus in the Mediterranean’s source to sea continuum at the 1st Regional Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus Roundtable in the Mediterranean organised in the framework of the GEF UNEP/MAP MedProgramme.
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The "Drina Nexus Roadmap" by the SEE Nexus project praised during the Sarajevo Energy and Climate Week
The “Drina Nexus Roadmap”, was praised for its potential to guide transboundary cooperation towards sustainable development in the Drina basin, by high-level panelists at the Sarajevo Energy and Climate Week. The Roadmap was developed in 2022 by Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean together with the UNECE, in the frame of the SEE Nexus project funded by the Austrian Development Agency.
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How to translate WEFE Nexus Science into Policy? Insights from the NexusNet Stakeholder's Forum
As leader of Communication and Dissemination in the Horizon 2020 REXUS project, GWP-Med participated in the NexusNet Cost Action Stakeholder’s Forum on Nexus implementation in South Europe, and reports on the results.
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30 Finalists Water Changemaker Awards 2023
The Water Changemaker Innovation Awards 2023 is proud to announce the top 30 finalists selected from a pool of exceptionally innovative and impactful projects dedicated to addressing water-related challenges worldwide. The finalists have been announced during a hybrid event held on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday, 22 September 2023.